Cable-support.



P- K. MU'SSELMAN.

CABLE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1913.

1 Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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PIHLIP K. mussELMAm; or DUBLIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of e r ment- Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

ori inal application flle'd mien 11, 1913, seriai'no. 753,487. Divided and us application filed May 27,

1913. Serial No. 770,138.

"T all wh it may coywgm; central bar of the frame is longer, than the Be it known that I,- PHILIP K. Mossnn- .Qlhels, and is-connected by a suitable hinge connection 18 with'the barn, so th t the de- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dublin, in'the county of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Cable-Supports, of which the following is a specificaion. l i

My invention relates to improvements in vice may be raised and lowered. he outer cable clamps 49, so that the cable. 5 is held:- therennye't the wheels4 are permitted to pass over the clamps, because thelatt'er are of thin sheet metal and would not derail the a fra me conslstbars The The support 45' comprises ing of a plurality of rad1ally positioned 46 connected by transverse bars 47.

building and at its lower end to the cable support, said hanger comprising two bars ends of all of the bars lfi-are provided with cable supports, the object of the inventlon d c 's-" h PPQ t, h n in normal poslbeing to provide an improved attachment in fq ari r indicated for a barn or like building which will so in F gs. 1 and T0 hi l 1 it in s P support chewable for a carrier that the cable i n' and elev te the same, out of the way may be raised and lowered whenever de- When not in I Provide all adjustable 5 sired.v hanger as shown most clearly in Fig. 3.

A further object is! to provide an im- T is hanger comprises two bars 50 and f l proved cable supportof this character which which re connected by (straps 52, so that enables the cable to be elevated out of the hey l e ne beside the other. A cam lever 1 way of the door when iot i use, p ,7 53 is connected to bar 51, and is connected '20 This is a division of my appli ation for .byllnks 54 with the bar5.0 The upper end patent on improvements in carriers, fil ofbar 5 1 ,is secured to a fixed-support 55, March 11, 1913, and given S i l No, so that'when the lever 53 is raised and low- 7 53,487 v l ered, the supportf45 will be raised and low.-

With these and other objects in view, the ered. When raised, it will hold the cable invention consists in certain novel featuresout ofthe doo ay, 50 that the 1 may ofconstruction and combinations and arshut. rang'ements of parts as will be more fully Various slight changes might be made in hereinafter described and pointed out in the the general form and arrangement of parts claims. c described without departing from my in- In the accompanying drawings: Figure vention, and hence I do not limit myself 1 is a view illustrating my improvements to the precise details set forth, but consider in connection with a barn. Fig. 2 is a planmyself at liberty to make such changes and view on an enlarged scale of my improve alterations. as fairly fall within the spirit cable supporting device, andJiigiS is'a view and scope of the appended claims;

in elevation showing thesupporting device Having thus described my invention, in position on a barn and its supporting what I claim as new and desire to secure by means. 4; 7 v Letters Patent is: v

1 represents an ordinary barn through the i 1. The combination with a cable, a frame door 2 of which, a carrier 3 isradapted to pivotally supported at one end, and at its 40 run. This carrier is provided with wheels other end comprising a curved mounting for 4 which run upon a cable 5. This cable 5 a cable, ztnd a longitudinallyadjustable supis connected at its outer endwitha vertiport eortip ising two members movable relacally movable supporting device 6, so that tive to eachother'," the upper member secured the cable may be elevated or lowered atfto a fixed part, and the lower member conthis outer'end and compel the carrier to, necte'd'to said caldle' support, substantially as run by gravity in both directions. descafbed.

M improved support45 is located at the 2; The combination with a building havbarh and holds the cable in the ,ttrc of a ing a door therein, of a frame pivotally concircle, so that the car may follow the cable nected at one end to the building and at in a direction at an angle to the barn withits free end forming a curved cable support out danger of the wheels leavihg the cable. wliormally positioned in front of the door. a

anger connected at its upper cnd to the w having slidin relation side by side, a cam lever on one air,,lin-ks connecting theica'm lever with the other of said bars a ible secured in the cable support, and a carrier 5 mounted to run on said cable, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my i name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

- PHILIP K. MUSSELMAN.

Witnesses KATE M. MUssELMAN, FRANK D. ARNOLD.

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Washington, D. C. 

